Popeye
Registered user
THE PROBLEM ......
More and more electrical gadgets in the tank bag need powering or re-charging; iPods, ‘phones, bike to bike comms, cameras the list goes on.
I looked at Powerlet stuff – it’s quite nice but very expensive and involves hacking a pretty large hole into your tankbag to pass the socket through, and it isn’t water-proof afterwards. They recommend squirting silicone sealant into the hole
but the sockets aren’t waterproof anyway 
I wanted a neat way of passing a cable into my bag that didn’t involve squirting silicone sealant around
, had proper waterproof connectors and could be quickly un-plugged and cost less than £60:00.
THE SOLUTION .....
Designed and manufactured by a Tosser for Tossers, I give you .... The PowerPort
There is a silicone gland which is a tight fit over the outer sheath of a short length of twin core cable.
The gland is clamped and squeezed between two aluminium discs, this is the outer one.
The two discs “clamp” either side of the tank bag. The silicone gland expands into the hole in the tank bag through which the cable passes and the neoprene foam gaskets compress to form an additional seal.
Fitting is simple and takes about half an hour.
The two two halves of the unit screw together using the supplied stainless steel pozi drive machine screws.
The plastic socket housing for inside the bag simply pushes over the pre-crimped terminals.
The waterproof AMP Superseal plug & socket for outside the bag come pre-crimped (as special tooling is needed) and fully assembled.
I've produced an initial batch of ten of these available to the discerning Tosser at £35:00 per unit, posted.
More and more electrical gadgets in the tank bag need powering or re-charging; iPods, ‘phones, bike to bike comms, cameras the list goes on.
I looked at Powerlet stuff – it’s quite nice but very expensive and involves hacking a pretty large hole into your tankbag to pass the socket through, and it isn’t water-proof afterwards. They recommend squirting silicone sealant into the hole
but the sockets aren’t waterproof anyway I wanted a neat way of passing a cable into my bag that didn’t involve squirting silicone sealant around
, had proper waterproof connectors and could be quickly un-plugged and cost less than £60:00.THE SOLUTION .....
Designed and manufactured by a Tosser for Tossers, I give you .... The PowerPort
There is a silicone gland which is a tight fit over the outer sheath of a short length of twin core cable.
The gland is clamped and squeezed between two aluminium discs, this is the outer one.
The two discs “clamp” either side of the tank bag. The silicone gland expands into the hole in the tank bag through which the cable passes and the neoprene foam gaskets compress to form an additional seal.
Fitting is simple and takes about half an hour.
The two two halves of the unit screw together using the supplied stainless steel pozi drive machine screws.
The plastic socket housing for inside the bag simply pushes over the pre-crimped terminals.
The waterproof AMP Superseal plug & socket for outside the bag come pre-crimped (as special tooling is needed) and fully assembled.
I've produced an initial batch of ten of these available to the discerning Tosser at £35:00 per unit, posted.
